Commentary Critical and Explanatory
2 Corinthians 3:12
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Such hope - of the future glory, which shall result from the ministration of the Gospel (2 Corinthians 3:8).
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Such hope - of the future glory, which shall result from the ministration of the Gospel (2 Corinthians 3:8).
Verse 2 Corinthians 3:12. _SEEING - WE HAVE SUCH HOPE_] Such glorious prospects as those blessings which the Gospel sets before us, producing such _confidence_, as the fulfilment of so many promises h...
SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE SUCH HOPE - Hope properly is a compound emotion, made up of a desire for an object, and an expectation of obtaining it. If there is no desire for it; or if the object is not p...
4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD. CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_ 2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4) 3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
This opens the way for a comparison between the ministry under the one covenant and the ministry under the other. The former, even though its issue was historically failure, condemnation, and death, a...
It is because we possess such a hope that we speak with such freedom. We do not draw a veil over things, as Moses did over his face so that the children of Israel should not gaze at the end of the glo...
EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
SEEING... HAVE. Having then. USE. Greek _chraomai._ See Acts 27:3, GREAT. much. PLAINNESS OF SPEECH. outspokenness. Greek. _parrhesia_. Often translated boldly, or freely....
The Ministration of the Spirit superior to that of the Law 7. _But if the ministration of death_ He does not say -which causeth," but -the ministration of death," for that which _caused_death was sin...
_Seeing then that we have such hope_ i.e. the hope that the Christian covenant is one of which the glory is permanent. _we use great plainness of speech] Trist_(i.e. trust) Wiclif. _Boldness_, Tyndale...
ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΑΙ. BOLDNESS _of speech_ (Ephesians 6:19; Philippians 1:20). Freedom from _fear_, especially in reference to _speech_, is the radical meaning of the word. Then it easily passes to freedom from...
12–18. This overwhelming superiority of the Gospel inspires its ministers with great boldness. An Apostle has no need to veil the glory which he has received, for there is no fear of its being seen to...
_THE VEIL IS DONE AWAY IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12-15:_ The hope of the perpetual nature of the New Testament gave Paul the courage to speak freely or with boldness. Just as the veil covered Moses' f...
ΈΧΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΣΙ (G3954) _букв._ говоря начистоту, откровенно говоря; затем развилось значение "храбрость" "смелость" "свобода" (Barrett; TDNT; Windisch). Χ...
THAT WE HAVE SUCH HOPE,— That St. Paul, by these words, means the honourable employment of an apostle and minister of the gospel, or the _glory_ belongingto his ministryin the gospel, is evident from...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's Great Boldness of Speech Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 3:12-13. Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 13 and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon hi...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 It Divests People of Freedom (2 Corinthians 3:12-17) 12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelit...
6 The covenant of the letter is the law of Moses which was engraven in stone, to symbolize its unyielding sternness. There is no reference to the letter of Scripture. It is the law that kills, just as...
This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
PARAPHRASE. 'Since our hopes of the future of the gospel are so great, we speak frankly and boldly. (13) We do not seek to conceal anything as Moses concealed his face with a veil lest the people shou...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE SUCH HOPE. — The “hope” is in substance the same as the “confidence” of 2 Corinthians 3:4; but the intervening thoughts have carried his mind on to the future as well as the p...
CHAPTER 10 THE TRANSFIGURING SPIRIT 2 Corinthians 3:12 (R.V) THE "hope" which here explains the Apostle's freedom of speech is to all intents and purposes the same as the "confidence" in 2 Corinthia...
THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS (_b_) OPEN, NOT VEILED, AS WAS THAT OF THE OLD. The illustration from the O.T. which is used in these verses has been obscured for English readers by the faulty ren...
ἔχοντες οὖν τοιαύτην κ. τ. λ.: _having therefore such a hope_ (_sc._, of the glorious Ministration of the Spirit, 2 Corinthians 3:8; _cf._ 2 Corinthians 3:4) _we use great boldness of speech_. The ver...
THE VEIL UPON THE HEART 2 Corinthians 3:7 By a quick turn of thought, Paul passes from the idea of the fleshly tablets of the heart, where God writes His new name, to the Law graven on the ancient ta...
The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
THE GREATER GLORY OF THE NEW COVENANT The law of Moses was written in stone and condemned men to die since they were not perfect. Yet, Moses, as a minister of that covenant, was glorified to the point...
(3) Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: (3) He shows what this glory of the preaching of the Gospel consists in: that is, in that it sets forth plainly and evidently...
Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence and assurance, and need not conceal God's promises, nor put a veil over our face, as Moses did, the children of Israel not being able to look on the...
(7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; whic...
12._Having therefore this hope. _Here he advances still farther, for he does not treat merely of the nature of the law, or of that enduring quality of which we have spoken, but also of its abuse. True...
These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE SUCH HOPE,.... Having this confidence, and being fully persuaded that God has made us able and sufficient ministers of the Gospel, has called and qualified us for such service...
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: Ver. 12. _Plainness of speech_] Or, much evidence, as John 10:24; John 11:14; John 16:29; with much perspicuity and authority we...
_Seeing then_ Upon these grounds spoken of from 2 Corinthians 3:5; _that we have such hope_ Such confidence of the excellence of our ministry, or such an assurance that the gospel excels the law in it...
SEEING THEN THAT WE HAVE SUCH HOPE; of the glorious results to be accomplished by the Spirit through the gospel. GREAT PLAINNESS OF SPEECH; not veiling what we teach under obscure types and symbols, a...
SEEING, THE N, THAT WE HAVE SUCH HOPE, WE USE GREAT PLAINNESS OF SPEECH;...
The effect of the two ministries:...
Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
PLAINNESS: Or, boldness...
12-18 It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and unb...
HOPE here signifieth nothing but a confident, certain expectation of something that is hereafter to come to pass. The term _such_ referreth to something which went before: the sense is: We being in a...
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,...
2 Corinthians 3:12 Therefore G3767 have G2192 (G5723) such G5108 hope G1680 use G5530 (G5736) great G4183
CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO COVENANTS (2 CORINTHIANS 3:12) ‘Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, and are not as Moses, who put a veil on hi...
2 Corinthians 3:12. HAVING THEREFORE SUCH A HOPE in the exercise of such a ministry, WE USE GREAT BOLDNESS (or ‘openness') of speech. It is the same word as is used in Mark 8:32, where the reference i...
2 Corinthians 3:12 Mirrors of Christ. I. Note first what St. Paul means when he speaks of why Moses put the veil upon his face. You think it was because it was too bright that he did so. Not at all....
CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and glorious character. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses. CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false teachers....
BECAUSE. The facts in 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 are the basis of confident hope, which gives the servants of Christ _boldness_ in speaking!!! This is Paul's answer to his opponents....
_Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech _ THE DUTY OF OUTSPOKENNESS ON RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS True religion is very simple and very deep. A s simple as this statement, “Go...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12 If Paul’s ministry announces life, not death, then why are the majority of the Jews in Paul’s day still rejecting it? Does Israel’s rejection of Paul’s message...
CHAPTER III. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is, he says, sufficient co...
_Seeing then that we have such hope._ Since the Lord diffuses the spirit of grace by us His Apostles, we have hope that He will hereafter give us glory far beyond that of Moses. _We use great plainne...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians 2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10. 2
EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2 Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians. Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always t...
1 Corinthians 14:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 1 Timothy 3:13; 2 Corinthians 10:1;...
Plainness [π α ρ ρ η σ ι α,]. Rev., boldness. See on openly, John 7:13; confidence, 1 John 2:28; freely, Acts 2:29. The contrast is with the dissembling with which his adversaries charged him....
Having therefore this hope — Being fully persuaded of this....
Did Moses wear a veil when speaking to the people or not? PROBLEM: Exodus 34:33 (KJV) asserts that, “Till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail [sic] on his face” (cf. v. 35). This implies...
Here the apostle draws an inference from the foregoing discourse; that seeing himself and the other apostles had such hope, that their ministry was thus glorious, such confidence and assurance of the...